AmigaComputing_082_Jan_1995.pdf

(

Issue 82 January • 1995 • ra gg Overseas price 14_25 WI 18.95

Cant162

COMPUTING

WORTH

E120

The COMPLETE and

UNRESTRICTED

software designing program!

lassport to PAL

itilrhe Video Toaster

goes global!

All Amiga.

ERLJ

; A completely playable

demo of the atest and 600

greatest foctball

REVIEWS

AvAnn

management game

for trt

Maxigen 2

Imagine 3.1

MagicWB 2

orr

Gremlin

FEATURES

Printer perfection -

the best go on test

Essential addmons -

ﬂoppy drivc guide

JANUARY

1995

All Amiga. (1 Mb requi

ulted)

Ideal for creating

presentation and

multimedia graphics,

games, utilities and more

Build your own programs

using CanDo. No

programming

experience

,required. An

easy-to-use

software

authoring

tool from

;NO VI tronics

Amiga repairs -

DIY maintenance

INDI JANUARY SAE

INSTANT CREDIT FOR CHRISTMAS*

(infect at any time)

We can Now organise Instant Credit with a Same day decision at nearly ONE Hundred Ofﬁces Nationwide

ZAPPO AMIGA 1200 CD ROM DRIVE

LIMITED EDITION PACK

• 2

ORDER ANY IND! ADVERTISED PRODUCT OVER

t I 00, USE IT FOR 6 MONTHS AND THEN

CHOOSE HOW TO PAY

AFTER 6 MONTHS

PAY OVER 24 OR

36 MONTHS AT

OUR NORMAL

APR*

ArTER 6 MONTHS

Br utal Football

It is Fist rate

keep you in stitches for,,

mant hs

PAY IN FULL di

NO CHARGES

WHATSOEVER

INSTANT CREDIT AVAILABLE FROM

NEARLY 100 OFFICES NATIONWIDE

alate,

"WhairIrr ,vator CD -

ROM needi. du

, Lapp)

Do u r tun &Mile ii.

" Amiga F o rm a t

• ..Worr srunoring Matt

• . a pihriAer gun ill SWF

I m i. A 'WI fo r

• i )2 0 0 o wn e rs."

CU Am ig a

94%

* Alien Breed

"A supreme challenge

1,11

-_•

akke" 90%

1,0e

, Qwak

The most playable

-41 Amigo game ever" 92%

''• Project - X

lncrectibk graphics,

awesome speech-a true

ciassk

VISA

ECZaEll

FY•

wnte yo u r th e o w ca rd n u tlib u i. n a m e a n d a d d re ss On

die 'back of your cheque arid we will nortnally be able to despatch your

order the day that we receive your cheque. Cheques, received

a ch e c

92%

F 1 7 Challenge

*Ant moving graphics,

excellent la/replay- a

game to be reckoned

with"64%

min M b m csn , QP.e required

PLUS a superb m u lti

button, eiypad

worth 114.99

ZAPPO CD ROM DRIVE

7 wonçtig days.

Customer Care

13i*61e substantial volume of sales calls comming into our ofﬁce has

resulted in delays in the crucial area of customer care To

ensure that all customer queries are handled speedily and

efﬁciently a n e w cu sto m e r ca re d e p a rtm e n t h a s b e e r,

established. Our new department will be happy to assist you or

their new number 0543 4 I 992 I Non-Fri Oans-4pm

APR 2 9 .8 % Su e ct to Sta tu s. Offe r e n

APR 2 9 .8 % l:

APOLOG I 10 1CUSTOMERS

IND! have discontinued internal IDE Hard Drives,

The Smart Stor Plus is in our opinion faster and far better

value for money

DI D YOU KNOW THAT

MOST MAJOR SOFTWARE

PUBLISHERS ARE BRANDING

THEI R CD)? SOFTWARE

A P1'99477

Yoe \ie seen all the reviews

on this popular and allot

second Amiga time.

"Compatible with all Amps

Quality 9 o u t cif1 0 ."

Exceptional value for money

Am ig a C o m p u tin g

Dr i ves have come down so

INDI pass the it antage on to

lla

Plugs m to th e PC M C I A Slo t o f th e Am ig a 6 0 0

41200 a n d is re a d y to g o . Exce lle n t b u ild

quaky a t a n a rn a yn g p rice . I 2 M o n th s

Wa rra nty

L44."

SALE PRICE

US Gold. Electronic Arts.

Elite. Team 17, Mindscape,

Krisalls, and Kixx

7271

13.1-TM Sale Price E3 12Sae rieI

Monitor SALE

mocRovrrEc MONITORS

ZAPPO EXT ER N AL F L OPPY D R I VE

1111M1pl

Ski

cu 32 E(PANSON MODULE

FREE

Expansion Options

lir

very Zappo Product

Conﬁrm when ordering

Indot pith and low rarliziocr

, tool

4fet.• corteateice C ce p le te * id s

evoirral Sa rn o Sp e a ke rs a n d fria rie s a ll

ca ds - tia a th e m o n ito r th a t we h a ve all

2wir wa o y fo r.

E a te m a t

Spe a ke rs

Included

BLACK

KEYBOARD £37.99

ZAPPO

FLOPPY DRIVE £44.09

£285.

The su p e rb Sh a rp 1 4 " M o n it o r T V

vides a real a terrutive to a Commode

Order to d a y An d ﬁll in o u r cre d it a p p lica tio n

form C h o o se a p a ym e n t p e rio d fro m 6 - 6 0

Months and yo u will so o n b e u sin g yo u r SX- I

for 6 m o n th s fo r n o th in g .

I' h e Am a zin g SX • 1 M o d u le sim p ly slo ts in to th e

back o f yo u r Am ig a C D 3 2 a n d a wh o le wo rld o f

expansion o p e n s u p fo r yo u . Ad d a ke yb o a rd .

ﬂo p p y d rive o r e ve n ﬁt a su p e rfa st h a rd d rive .

Instantly yo u r C D 3 2 is n o m e re co n so le it ,

-eal co m p u te r.

SX-1 Super Bundle

SHARP MONITOR / TV

SX- I Expansion Module

Black Keyboard

Zappo Floppy Drive

SALE

£249.99

digita o n scre e n d isp la y and. l wa tt m o

, c

9w lo w p

tFu

socke t a n d co n n e ctivity eable a n d in cru d in g

11. m o n th s Wa rra n 2

5 9.99

MODULE

SALE

ANNOUNCING THE

NEW PANASONIC 10(-1P2 115

A 24 Pin Quiet colour printer, designed for those who need low cost

skoisal qua/icy output. giving all your documents and presentations eye

hing colour. The NEW KX•P2 I 35 incorporates a 20 page built in sheet -

a Rat belt push tractor feed to facilitate easy loading together with a

noise level of only 46.5c1Ba (43.5dBa in super quiet mode)

5 dBa - 43.5 dBa SQ Mode

PRINTER ACCESSORIES

I) Printer Dust Cover

2) Printer Stand ; Piece pr -der stand

3) Paper Pack -,

ieets .

IND PRICE (8.99

INDI PRICE 19.99

INDI PRICE C9.99

INDI PRICE £19.99

INDI PRICEL8.99

INDI PRICE LI 2.99

INDI PRICE £6.99

4) Continuous Paper 200D diem I part &trig paper

5) Parallel Printer Cable ..lsed for connecting Amiga to Panasonic prince

6) Panasonic Colour Ribbon -Colour nbbon kx KX

P2123

7) Panasonic Black Ribbon Black ribbon for KX-1/212.3

•••••••••

ths pabilities includin 3 draft and 7 letter quality

7 C printi

• BO cps Draft Micron. 83 cps

• I Year Warranty

Please note all Panasonat Dot - Manix pnrite-s at e wpplied with

t•

CANON PRINTERS

CANON BJIOSX

CANON BJ200

• 1 to (-PS- Portable Pnnter(1.7 kg) ' 360 DPI ' Optional auto cut sheet feede

a 'tyri4nt

approximatt4y(Al c,rrn for Mrs ,

eati ir

224.99

Built in cut sheet feeder holds 100 sheets ' I Year warranty

•

1 73 CPS high euality-248 CPS high speed ' 360 DPI ' 8 resident typefaces • Lienveiht Co

mpac t ormm

FREEntni NE 0 800 44 4 220

for your FREE Amiga Driver Disk

M1111=_

Panasonic

9.99

2091 SCSI CONTROLLER CARD

6.6 Scams for use in the A4000 ' Upto 2Mb of 16 bit dips can be ﬁtted

Any 33" SCSI Hard Drive can be 6tted

Install software for SCSI Hard Drive Any other standard SCSI device can be added

Tape streamer SCSI Scanner External Hard Drive

rk.x.R14LA) Ukro - Compact LLD LALLR vueui i ﬁ ve Print

the printer that ﬁts virtually anywhere. Ultra small footprint

(117cm x 38.8cm x 29.4crn ex trays) At under 6.5 kg this printre

travels with you. They also feature energy efﬁcient power save

Page Printer standard Speciﬁcation

• 4 pages per minute of laser quality output • 100 sheet.

multi purpose paper tray (A4, letter. legal and executive)

• I Mb Ram expandable to 5Mb -

1600 copies

BX 1230 XA 50 MHz

SO Mi-rz 68030 & MMU

AMIGA REPLACEMENT FLOPPY DRIVES

toner.

- I

• Allows you'

Amiga 600 / 1200

Amiga SOO / SOO+ C34

• HP Laserjet IIP

times faster than a A4000 1 030

Easy trap door installation (No soldering

Fas t VM upgradable to 128 Mb 472 pin 32 bit)

• On board battery backed clock

Don not interfere with PCMCIA port

50mhz t I 99.99

SOmhz +50mhz FPU £229.99

99 Commodore 601

MASSIVE SAVING 135 I 32

Trapdoor upgrade for the Amiga 6C

, 512K IINDI PRICE 19.99

Panasonic KX-P44110 Laser Printing

• S pages per minute

• 28 resident fonts

• Optional 2nd input bin (total printer capacity 2x200 sheets)

• Low running costs

• Parallel Interface

a Optional memory expansion to 4.5 Mb (0.5 Mb as standard I

HP ,

Piu-AC I

i35132

24 Months On - Site

WHILST STOCKS LAST .

32 - BIT RISC TECHNOLOGY

100111

ROMBO

SALE PRICE

.. f

MEGA MIX. Low cost, hi spec digital effects cartridge piugs into the printer port of the Amiga Allows

stereo samping from abreast any musical source. IND! PRICE L26

TAKE TVVO. Animation package is a must for computer artists and enthusiasts of all ages.

used in Rolf Harris Cartoon Club, INDI PRICE C34

VIM AMIGA 12. The ultimate low cost colour digitiser for the Amiga. ''the best value full

colour digitiser on the market".- Amiga Format. INDI PRICE £69

ROMBO ViOl AMIGA 12 (RT)

Based on the best selling Vidi Amiga 12. This all new version offers real time colour capture from any

video source. Full AGA chipset support as standard for all Al 2001A4000, INDI PRICE (129

ROMBO VIDI AMIGA 24 (RT) Plus FREE Power Supply

For the more serious user. this 24 - bit version will again capture from any video source with

rue photo realistic images! A staggering 16.8 million colours can be utilised with incredible

results. Full AGA chipset supporcINDI PRICE £2!9

•

asso

, •

*Son

• Zool

• In

Room dme • I ﬁb RAM

ming

Chuc k Rock Superpool and Femur

ng drivarg. sees Weer and mat program

tratnirg

rrenty

MONI TOR

2 Multiscan Monitor Kel

um Resolution SVGA 0.28 dp '

I Year

Acorn

Software. Merge ir akws die simple, quick mergrig of two on-screen im&resand Micregraph OCR turns your Anna Into

ePlicient text reading system Amiga 502:500 plus A60040100 A1500 r2000 .'3000 'Minimum I Mb memo,

2Mts•• memory & a Hard Disk to run OCR option. Kick:start, Workbench VI 2 or hire,

WITH OCR SOFTWARE

Optical Character recognition allows

you to edit Scanned Documents.

Perfect for Word Processing

Applications

tlAA PLUGS INTOVOUR TV SET

. _ .

AL PHASCAN PtUS 1 5 6 GitEnCALE

AIPHA CO A0 1 .1 1 1 WITH 2 3 4

4.-OLOUlt PIANDSCANNIER

C19439

NO) DIRECT MAIL

I R1NGWAY INDUSTRIAL ES TATF

EASTERN AVENUE,

acHnaD STAFFS, WS; 3 7SF

PLEASE ENCLOSE E5 FOR SECURICOR DELIVERY

Please send I)

Price

EXPCIUMPOIRS

TEL (44)543 419999

PAX (44)543 418079

SALEPRIC

SCOOP PURCHASE A

)

Top Quality 100% Error Free

BULK DISKS

SO Disk Pack C 11.69 Disk Labels SOO Pack £4.50

Delivery

AC I 95

I enclose cheque

No Expiry .1 .... Signature

Name

Addr ess

Postcode Dayt i me Tel

TEL: 0543 4 19 999 FAX: 418 079

OMITS

POWPf Cenlock ag Wordworth 31

131515trtr

Me 0550ﬁtidi guide to Rmiga gaming

The battle of the word processing

packages continues

The Maxigen2 under scrutiny —

cheaper and more cheerful

PO I WI MI E7

—

,.••••=••••••••malm.

I. WIN Ow., Emma

El ma Am •••••

Ami n . / Ml.,.e.ba

S. .1.1•••

•••••

vimdomod

So .•••••••••

imagine 3.1 11

System On-line 9 8

All the latest pulsating and highly exciting news on the forthcoming Amiga

game releases, plus this month 's recommended releases

Stevie Kennedy explores the latest

upgrade of this popular package

102

PR OINK ..•rm

Beat the System

For your adventuring pleasure, System presents a four-page complete

guide to the womders of US Golds superb Monkey Island 2

Magi( WO E 39 Boati ligUiPW5 65

Icons and part ems to make your Become and Amiga guru with two books

work benc h an easier place to work designed to make life a little bit easier

Alien Breed Tower Assault 1 0 8

Just when you thought it was sate to play on your Amiga. Team 17 returns

wit h another fast frenetic bout of alien bashing

Update5

5te1e0[1

110

Pinball Illusions

Get reaoy to hip those ﬂippers once again. 21st Century Enter:airMerit has

joined with Digital Illusions to produce the third game in the pinball series

Frus t rat ed you can't see 30 images? VLab Motion's Wiest upgrade puts

Now you can make and view them Ami

ga DTV into the next ditnenSOOn

F[rituRs

Roadkill 1 1 4

Vision Software, famous for Woody's World and Cybemetix, explodes Onto

the Amiga once more with a road-racing game that will amaze you

Cannon Fodder 2 1 1 6

Garners have been getting itchy trigger ﬁngers, but will Sensible Software's

shoot-'em-up sequel cure them of their troublesome afﬂiction

Amiga Repair5

Feature: Critical Zone 1 2 0

Tina Hackett reviews the release of a brand new CO32 pack stuffed with

games such as Microcosm. Cannon Fodder. Diggers and Body Blows

How to bypass the repair man and mend your Amiga yourself

Printer Roundup

FIFA Soccer 1 2 2

A massive success across all the console formats. Will Electronic Arts

football game be able to play for a full 90 minutes on the Amiga

Adam Phillips goes printer potty with this guide to the best

iﬁtINNO a

Marvin's Marvellous Adventure 126

Just to show that not all their products are pinball games, 21st Century

Entertainment cut a dash on the cutesy platform rug

M Pdiol Problem5

All the problems behind computer work explained by Gareth Lofthouse

Sensible World of Soccer 1 2 8

What the world has been waiting for and now its ﬁnally here. No (limes for

guessing the score, but why not make your way to the review anyway

Floppg Hounduo

Gareth totthouse takes the driving seat and looks at the catwalk of disk drives

DUNK SUPPORT Nike

System Essentials 1 3 2

Gareth Lotthouse shows you how to buy some essential software on a

budget as he looks at Darkseed on the CO32 and Fl 17A Stealth Fighter

The assembler series continues in the capable hands of Paul Overaa

BM a5lE

•

Mi chael Milne offers his ﬁnal words on this powerful language

IDERILEH

The ﬁnal episode of Steve Whites series on the Commodore Installer language

Morvins M a rve llo u s a d vte ltL ire

E 1 Lan

_SIOlif

IIPHt i5,511E

Oil BIE

2 January

THE [OUERD151i5 Page

CanD 2

Bu ild yo u r o wn p ro g ra m s

using C a n n a . N o

programming

All Aim • 1 Alb Lair• Irti

[anDO

'squire d. An

gutsy

thor

u in g

tool fro m

iNOVAtro n ics

authoring

Create your own software with this software

authoring package. This package lets you

create slide shows, interactive presentations

and quality educational software

Prpmipr Managpr

Pa55port

to PHI

Think you can do better than the real

managers? With this essential management

game, courtesy of Gremlin Interactive, you

can test your skills and negotiations and

lead your team to the top of the league

The unthinkable

has happened_ the

PK tilde° Toaster

linallq crosses

the pond.

H[GUERDS

9 [Sr

HEWS

AC talks to CEI. the main rival in the Commodore crisis

USA us

Air your anger. frustration and joy in your right to reply

Sulano

tiom

nrrir

Nes packages that show what happened in the C=UK downfall

bran

Tec hnic al support and help in times of need thanks to AC

NW SEIM

Paul Austin gives an update on the Amiga crisis

015h OFFERS

Another seleetton of

the best PO games,

reviewed as always

by our resident PO

guru. Dave Cusick

Upgrade our giveaways and save some serious cash

AMIG°1

GUIDE

1111PHH

Paul Overaa looks at last months function libraries in more detail

IJidno

Will the video market survive the demise of Commodore?

Paul Overaa guides you through the copyright law

(011111115

Phil South explores more e-mail addresses4

limos

The ﬁrst part of our Easy AMOS tutorial courtesy of Phil South

Publishing

Creat e your own colourful sleeves for your videos

Turn to page gam

...Fur details of Ilmiga

lomputing'5 subscription

All the hints and tips rt.

need to keep your Amiga

in tip-top condition.

Frank Nord explains how to

maint ain a healthy status for

your Amiga

offers this month.

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika: